Character Confession: I Thought I was Just Going for Lunch and a Video
It’s Character Confession Saturday and I knew my confession at about 1pm EST Thursday.
I was sitting in a living room watching a friend’s video on their European trip that centered in Romania. Their visit even included a stop at a ministry our local church supports. When that missionary came to our church years ago the Lord stopped me. He let me know He had a plan for me one day to serve with that missionary.
Two years later I was enjoying a luncheon at that friend’s home with other ladies from church when “somehow” the missionary and ministry came up. One by one we confessed that day the missionary visited we haven’t felt the same. We each felt called to visit there, perhaps as a short term missions trip. It was amazing how God orchestrated different women sitting throughout the same service with the same passion and call.
Watching the video Thursday a friend who visits Romania on a regular basis to work with orphans and gyspies saw the part of the video where everyone entered the ministry so many have talked about over the years. She piped up and said,
“So Julie, there it is, the place you will be going to hold babies. When are you going?”
That thought has been on the back burner for years. Her sentence brought the call several leaps forward. I left that lunch Thursday realizing that trip isn’t as far away in my future as I think. I still don’t know when, but the stirring is active.
Seriously, God? I thought I was watching a video and having a nice Romanian meal.
I didn’t plan on you rocking my world, too.
